The Los Alamos Unclassified Publications Database is a multi-disciplinary database containing references to basic and applied scientific and technical literature authored by the staff of Los Alamos National Laboratory, its contractors, and collaborators. It also includes references to other literature about Los Alamos and its history. Citations in this database are to unclassified, publicly releasable literature. Abstracts are included for most references. Coverage begins in 1943 and the database is updated twice monthly. Information in this database is extracted primarily from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Science and Technology Database and from records in the LANL Research Library's online catalog. The database includes references to journal articles, conferences, patents, books, monographs, theses, technical reports, engineering materials and software.
A special feature of the database are hyperlinks to electronic versions of documents. The LANL Research Library's Library Without Walls Project is linking PDF versions of new and archival unclassified Los Alamos reports (including theses issued as technical reports) to its online catalog records. Having these links gives users 24-hour electronic access from their desktops to the technical information contained in these publications.
This database has been compiled for use by managers and researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Access is currently restricted to employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory and its contractors and requires a valid @lanl.gov address.
To access the Los Alamos Unclassified Publications Database visit the Research Library's Web page selecting Electronic Databases.
Training will be offered in December. Contact Frances Knudson at 7-5809 or fknudson@lanl.gov to arrange group or individual training sessions.
Since this is an experimental prototype, we are actively soliciting feedback from users. Send comments and questions to lwwp@lanl.gov.
Irma S. Holtkamp
This issue of Los Alamos Science contains numerous full color illustrations including some beautifully rendered portraits of Stanislaw Ulam. However, the scanning software currently available to us produces files in black and white. Therefore, we have given this issue some special consideration because so much meaning is included in those color illustrations that can not be conveyed in black and white alone. By creating separate color pdf files using Adobe Acrobat Distiller and inserting them into the document, we have been able to include color photographs. After the pages were assembled, "bookmarks" or hyperlinks were created as navigation aids to the reader. "Thumbnails," postage stamp sized page icons were also inserted as navigation aids.
Over the next year we plan to put all 22 issue of the magazine on-line beginning with the first issue in 1981.
Allan Mackinnon
Currently, the database contains all U.S. patents from 1985 through September 1995. By approximately mid-December, PTO is expecting to add all years back to 1976, the first year that patent data was stored electronically. The database will be updated at least once a month. This Web site allows you to search for topics using one or two keywords or, for more precise searching, by complex boolean expressions, field searching and phrase searching. The default in this database is to the current year only but you can choose to select additional years, as you need. The file contains abstracts and bibliographic data for public use. Contact the Research Library at 7-5809 or library@lanl.gov if you need the full text and image of a patent or if international patents are desired.
Lou Pray
Here is how it works. First, perform your search. Once you have selected the titles you want, choose the "PRINT/EMAIL #s" option at the bottom of the screen. Enter the entry number(s) of the desired documents (1-4,6,24). You will be prompted for format (summary listing, formal bibliography, complete record), a title of the search results (your name, a subject, etc.) and whether you want it printed or e-mailed. When you choose "Email," you will be prompted for an e-mail address. Enter the e-mail address to which you wish your output delivered and you are done. The results will appear at that e-mail address within moments.
Lou Pray
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